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- working for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company自由职业者的：
a freelance journalist.
自由撰稿新闻记者。
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- independent or uncommitted in politics or personal life（在政治或个人生活方面）独立的; 自由的。
- earning one's living in such a way以自由职业者身份：
I work freelance from home.
我在家靠做自由职业者谋生。
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- a person who earns their living in such a way自由职业者。
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- historical a medieval mercenary〈史〉中世纪的雇佣兵。
词源
early 19th cent. (denoting a mercenary)： originally as two words.